Movilidad intergeneracional y raza en Uruguay

Graciela Sanromán () and Cecilia González ()
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Graciela Sanromán: Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República
Cecilia González: Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República

No 1310, Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) from Department of Economics - dECON

Abstract: In this paper we analyze intergenerational educational mobility for afro-descendants and no afro-descendants in Uruguay. We consider the relationship between educational achievements of teenagers and their parents’. The results show that relative mobility is higher among afro-descendants than among no-afro descendants and that absolute mobility is higher than relative mobility among afro descendants. We also estimate the educational expected gap between afro and no-afro teenagers. The gap observed between teenagers is similar than the gap observed between parents. Finally, educational differences among parents explain more than a half of the teenager gap.

Keywords: Intergenerational mobility; education; afro-descendants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 I21 J15 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2010-10
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